Bound: Book One in the 'Bound & Freed' Duology (Corrupted Classics 1) by Cara Clare

Author:Cara Clare [Clare, Cara]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Plume Noire Books
Published: 2023-05-29T16:00:00+00:00

18

GLIANA

ONE YEAR LATER

“One whole year, and your feet are still as soft as a cub’s.” Raksha lifts my leg into his lap and examines the deep scratch on my sole. He traces it with his index finger, a sensation that makes me shiver with pleasure and pain at the same time.

Whenever he touches me – wherever he touches me – I shiver. He is soft and gentle, and even the slightest contact between us makes my heart beat faster. It has been that way since the very first night we met.

“Do you remember the first time I cleaned your wounds?” Raksha asks. Looking up at me through hooded eyes, he lowers his cupped hand into the stream, collects some water, and uses it to bathe the dried blood from my sole.

I tilt my head and smile. “I remember.”

His fingers move slowly to my ankle as he meets my gaze. His thumb draws a small, delicate circle, conjuring the memory of my first night in the jungle; when he slid my mud-sodden robe from my shoulders and nursed every cut and graze on my body with a tenderness I had never experienced before.

When he spent the entire night by my side because, despite being in awe of where I’d found myself, the jungle – her sounds and her quietly undulating power – terrified me.

Raksha’s lips twitch and an impish grin crosses his face. Lowering his head, lifting my leg so it’s bent at the knee, he cradles my foot in his firm hands. Then he leans in and sweeps his warm, smooth tongue over the now-clean cut.

I inhale sharply and brace my hands on the rock behind me. “I have ticklish feet,” I tell him, squirming a little.

But he doesn’t stop, and this time his tongue does not tickle; it caresses.

He moves his lips to my ankle and plants a sensuous kiss that sends electricity skittering up the inside of my thighs.

I am seated a little higher than him, so he lowers my injured foot, then uses both hands to gently part my legs as he turns to face me. Wearing just trousers and no shirt, his naked shoulders ripple as he kisses the side of my knee.

“Raksha…” His name dances on the tip of my tongue, but I stiffen as I look behind us into the dark shadows of the jungle. “If someone finds us…”

“They won’t. They’re all too busy,” he says, his fingers now exploring the expanse between my knees and my thighs.

A small sigh parts my lips. For twelve long months, we have avoided talking about our feelings for one another. If we are going to, with just a few hours remaining until he is to be paired with a she-wolf from his pack, now is the time. But as usual, Raksha uses the unspoken promise of an orgasm to distract me from thinking sensible thoughts.

With a low growl, he grabs my hips. Heat throbs in my core as he expertly laps and swirls, and teases me with

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